What you are is God’s gift to you, what you make of yourself is your gift to God. ~Jewish Proverb
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The quieter you become, the more you can hear. ~Zen Proverb
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America's great newspapers have staffs that range from 50 percent to 70 percent of what they were just a few years ago. ~Eric Alterman
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Lack of resource has hanged many a person. ~Irish Proverb
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You should always do the things in life that are both interesting and make you afraid. ~Viggo Mortensen
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I ask not for a lighter burden, but for broader shoulders. ~Jewish Proverb
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Every great story seems to begin with a snake. ~Nicolas Cage
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A fool and his money are easily parted. ~Irish Proverb
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Gardens are not made by sitting in the shade. ~English Proverb
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If you want a friend, be a friend. ~English Proverb
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A trade not properly learned is an enemy. ~Irish Proverb
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May you get to Heaven half an hour before the Devil knows you're dead. ~Irish Proverb
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The hardest work is to go idle. ~Yiddish Proverb
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Not the wind, not the flag; mind is moving. ~Zen Proverb
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Coffee should be: black as hell, strong as death, sweet as love. ~Turkish Proverb
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Well, you know it was so different from when you rehearsed. You're out there with your guitar and trying to get a sound, but it doesn't sound anything like what you expect! ~Jonathan Richman
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The scenic ideals that surround even our national parks are carriers of a nostalgia for heavenly bliss and eternal calmness. ~Robert Smithson
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If man has no tea in him, he is incapable of understanding truth and beauty. ~Japanese Proverb
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Rice is born in water and must die in wine. ~Italian Proverb
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The sight of women talking together has always made men uneasy nowadays it means rank subversion. ~Germaine Greer
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I try to work every day, even when I am not motivated. Ritual is very important to me. ~Mel Ramos
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I've seen looting around the world and thought I knew the best looters in the world. The Iraqis excel at that. ~David Kay
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Instead of complaining that the rosebush is full of thorns, be happy that the thorn bush has roses. ~Proverb
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My father's family came from Virginia and Philadelphia. He wasn't a brother who talked a lot. He was a workingman, a quiet, blue-collar dude. ~Ice T
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There is no right to deny freedom to any object with a mind advanced enough to grasp the concept and desire the state. ~Isaac Asimov
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